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• Ski Resort Gives Brutally Honest Opening Day Conditions Report

  02-08-2024 21:24 via powder.com
  
  Craigieburn Valley in New Zealand, a ski area located in the Southern Alps just a 90 minute drive from Christchurch, recently issued a conditions report, and officials of the ski club did not hold back.Conditions are Craigieburn are currently 'sporty' with rocks lying just beneath a shallow snowpack. At least the resort is being honest!Craigieburn ValleyTo guests delight, officials presented an accurate and entertaining descriptions of conditions at the resort after a recent storm.&nbs
  
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• Does La Niña Guarantee Powder Days for Skiers? We Asked Meteorologists

  02-08-2024 20:36 via powder.com
  
  A La Niña ski season is likely upon us. On July 11th, the Climate Prediction Center and the National Weather Service published an El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) update, which predicted that the odds of a La Niña developing during the late summer and fall are 70%.Record snowfall during the La Niña winter of '22/'23 allowed Mammoth Mountain, California to remain open until August 6th, 2023 (as seen in photo). The resort recorded more than 900 inches of snow at
  
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• Why Nick Goepper Built a Quarter Pipe in the Desert

  02-08-2024 20:33 via powder.com
  
  Somewhere in the Nevada desert, halfpipe skier and Olympic medalist Nick Goepper built a quarter pipe with his roommate, Finley Quible. Goepper hinted at the development yesterday on Instagram, sharing images of the ramp alongside the hashtag #milanocortina2026.After a brief retirement from professional skiing, Goepper, now 30, announced that he would return to competition this past fall. For his comeback, though, he'd compete as a halfpipe skier, eschewing slopestyle, the discipline where he cl
  
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